Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb steers averaged $421.23/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −68.14 against this barn's trailing median of $489.37.

Average price

$421.23

18 head · 432 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$17.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.88

vs FL average

−40.93 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	436	427.05	1,863	12thin
Medium and Large 2	423	409.59	1,733	6thin

One grade step is worth $17.46/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

32 sales

Steers 400–500 lb: high $530.30, low $417.26, median $489.37 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

421.23

—

FL average4 barns · 273 hd

419.35

+1.88

National average178 barns · 14,489 hd

462.16

−40.93

This barn, trailing median32 sales

489.37

−68.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,523	174.52	2,657	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,185	148.24	1,757	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	141.81	1,539	18

Every lot, as filed

23 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	528.64/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,163	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	449.33/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,676	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	473.83/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,516	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	424.46/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,783	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	558.89/cwt	530.00–590.00	1,509	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	539.06/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,725	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	509.64/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,402	6
Bulls	—	—	1,723	179.90/cwt	175.00–182.00	3,100	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	148.24/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,757	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	141.81/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,539	18
Bulls	—	—	1,322	169.13/cwt	163.00–172.00	2,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	266	443.46/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,180	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	454.55/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,900	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	372.04/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	606.85/cwt	570.00–650.00	1,353	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	499.08/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,362	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	424.19/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,370	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	499.33/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,863	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	378.68/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,765	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	439.33/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	411.74/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,536	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	409.59/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,733	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	489.61/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,581	8

How this sale compares

Florida weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Tue Nov 11, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 382Last week 310Year ago 450

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 61Year ago 69

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	220	510.00–550.00	528.64
8	250–300	273	480.00–520.00	499.08
10	300–350	320	450.00–500.00	473.83
4	350–400	373	430.00–470.00	449.33
14	400–450	420	410.00–440.00	424.46
9	450–500	466	370.00–390.00	378.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	266	420.00–460.00	443.46
6	300–350	323	410.00–440.00	424.19
10	350–400	373	400.00–420.00	411.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	223	570.00–650.00	606.85
8	250–300	270	530.00–590.00	558.89
8	300–350	320	520.00–560.00	539.06
10	350–400	373	480.00–520.00	499.33
8	400–450	418	430.00–480.00	454.55
4	450–500	473	360.00–385.00	372.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	275	500.00–520.00	509.64
8	300–350	323	480.00–500.00	489.61
6	350–400	373	420.00–460.00	439.33
6	400–450	423	400.00–420.00	409.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,723	175.00–182.00	179.90
3	—	1,322	163.00–172.00	169.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,185	146.00–151.00	148.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,085	138.00–145.00	141.81

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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